Analyze the work provided: Camille Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmarte on a Winter Morning, 1897. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Explain how this work is representative for the period in which it was created. Reference both formal and contextual aspects in your response. Consider the following when crafting your response:
Contexts: Drawing upon the readings, lectures and course modules,what might be the artwork’s relationship to its historical or artistic context? The purpose of this assignment is to connect this work with other works that we have covered in class, rather than doing specific research on this painting.
Visual Qualities: How does composition/form, material/technique, and/or subject matter help to illustrate the historical or artistic context of the work?
Terms and Names: What terms or key figures do you think are relevant to this work? Provide a definition or explanation.
Please write in complete sentences.
Write approximately 250 words and up to 500 words.
Your answer will be graded in terms of how well you contextualize the work according to material that we have covered in class! The purpose is not to do focused research on this work. Remember, you can refer to other works of art in your answer, but also be sure to explain how the works compare.
Your answer should be analytical rather than purely descriptive. Stronger answers will draw upon major stylistic, innovative, thematic changes and the appropriate terminology.
